Most viewed - Geary Burrows
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GDB-11.JPGShort Round, "B" Battery mascot86 views
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GDB-10.JPGThe Story of Short Round86 viewsShort Round was the unit mascot. He was trained to eat the C-rations no one wanted.
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GDB-16.JPGLarge logs86 viewsLarge logs were often cut to reinforce the bunker system.
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GDB-9.JPGCircus comes to town?85 viewsNot likely; it was discovered that elephants were used to move supplies through the jungle by the enemy forces.
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GDB-4.jpgThe "Killer"84 viewsDon't know about "secret", but the Ho Chi Minh trail was the "killer" because it was the main pipeline for food, weapons and re-supply for our enemies. It was never successfully shutdown; this vital trail, in supposedly "neutral" countries, seriously hampered our efforts to end the war.
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GDB-3.JPGEven got promoted!82 viewsBCT at Ft Bliss; AIT at Ft Meade; a ticket to Vietnam...and then a promotion. Does life get any better than that?
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GDB-5.jpgNothing to do with Nam, but....82 viewsThis brief article appeared on the reverse of the map of the Au Shau Valley from the previous frame. It was too funny not to share. (Hooray for Mississippi??)
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GDB-22.JPGEdward R. Murrow?82 viewsLooks like he's ready to do a news report....
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GDB-17.JPGGreen T-shirts81 viewsSome "replacements" were given white tee shirts and a bottle of OD-green dye. As time went by, you began to see OD tee shirts.
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GDB-1.JPGYep, I got "the call"79 views"Uncle Sam Wants Me". My personal invitation to report to Oklahoma City, OK for induction.
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GDB-2.JPGGuess where I was sent?72 viewsYep...Vietnam! Joined up with the great redleg brothers of The Mighty Ninth, 2/9th FA, which was now part of the 4th Infantry Division, having been "swapped out" from the 25th Inf Div on 1Aug67.
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